A Digital Detox This Weekend

For this last weekend in March 2015, I am hereby declaring a digital detox from all of my mobile devices.

Here is my why - this morning I was so absorbed reading a book on my Kindle Paperwhite that I got mad at my boyfriend when he asked me a simple question. Seriously?

I mean, here is the love of my life asking me a silly little question and I turn around and practically bite his head off!

I am SO so sorry for this.  My priorities seem to be a bit off-kilter.

If I had to list all of the important things in my life, my Travis would be at the top - at the same level as my family.  These are the people that I would lay down my life for. I would donate an organ for if they needed it. 

Yet you wouldn't know it based on my behavior this morning and how I treated him. :(

This made me come to the realization that yes, I am addicted to my iPhone...my Kindle Fire...my Kindle Paperwhite.  Sometimes I will have all three surrounding me.  And then sometimes, I even take them to bed with me!  Is this really necessary?? Hell no!

Travis has been saying that he'll be talking to me and I'm only half-listening to him.  He's right.  If I have one of my devices in my hand, I will only respond with a "Uh-huh" and then not even looking at him.

How wrong is that??

I feel so embarrassed and ashamed. If something were to happen to him today, I would be buried under regret.

This weekend, the Kindles will be put away.  The phone will only be used as a telephone. (And maybe tracking my run but that's it).  And I will actually look my love in his eyes as he's talking to me, and I will look up and live in the now.  And I will go outside and live life.

Even Coaches have "off" days

I have a pretty demanding full-time job and this week, my partner-in-crime (the guy that works with me in the email program) is on Spring Break. So I'm basically doing the work of two people this week and it's been crazy!

Monday I worked 10 hours.

Tuesday I worked the usual 8 hours but then Tuesday night I got a last-minute voiceover job (I do voiceover work on the side). And the project needed to be turned in by Wednesday morning. So I ended up doing that right after work and through dinner.
Which means that yesterday (Tuesday) I did not workout.

**GASP** SHOCKING!

Yes, even Coaches can have an "off" day sometimes.

We all have busy lives and sometimes... life just happens.

But here is what makes the difference - how quickly we get back on track.

Today I started my day with Shakeology and right now, I'm jumping right back in with my 21 Day Fix workout.

This could be a time where I could easily beat myself up and start letting negative thoughts go through my head.  But my own Coach has a great analogy for this.

So..if you get a flat tire, you immediately fix it so you can get back on the road, right?  Well when you have a minor setback,  you should do the same thing because if we let negative thoughts say things like "well, I messed up so I guess I'll just go totally off-program and eat a bag of chips for dinner."  If we do what those negative thoughts are saying, then we are essentially slashing the other three tires of our car after experiencing the one flat tire.  And that makes NO sense, right?
Exactly!

So right now, I am putting the spare tire on, and I'm getting back on the road.

Let's roll.